Alex is a speculative fiction writer and mountain of indescribable goo living in the PNW. When they aren't gluing pieces of metal together, they're reading from their arsenal of books, being a general menace, or playing video games. You can contact them via email at [email protected], or by howling into the woods when you're alone at night.
FROM UNDER A POISONED BOUGH is a sapphic ecological epic fantasy serial project about a world that clawed itself back from the edge of ruin and the skyclad empire that tried to destroy it. This is a project that will be told in parts and sent directly to your inbox, for free, then later packed and sold as complete novels. I'm very, very excited about this. I aim to start sending chapters out in August!
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FROM UNDER A POISONED BOUGH, a WIP Intro by @authoralexharvey
GENRE β ecological epic fantasy
INSPIRATIONS β A Winter's Promise, Game of Thrones, Hollow Knight + Silksong, LoZ: BotW, Monk & Robot, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, The Priory of the Orange Tree, The Traitor Baru Cormorant
POV β multi-third person POV (2 to start, up to 4 in later parts)
TAGS AND TROPES β Animism, class divides and societal structures, ethical nonmonogamy and exploring polyamory, grappling with your savior complex, kaijus, naturalistic magic, rebuilding community from disaster, searching for purpose, solarpunk, watching the ruling class tear itself apart
WARNINGS β Abortion, death, domestic abuse, dubious consent, emetophobia/vomiting, mentions of past child abuse, misogyny, murder, violence
STATUS β drafting + preparing to serialize
GOAL β way too fuckin long
THE DETAILS
CHARACTERS
Lili has seen the worlds of the above and the below. She was there on the day the savior of worlds was chosen, and again when she was entombed. Centuries later, Lili herself awakens from arboreal slumber in the sky. Though everyone around her believes the surface has been destroyed and the Eidolons controlled by the Empire's Houses, she maintains her faith.
Ahelicia knows only of the Empire, and it is to this she stakes her loyalty. Nothing can sway her, not even a citadel slowly crumbling around herβuntil a devastating choice leaves her stripped of her livelihood and honor. Though she follows a lead to restore her status, it isn't long before she wonders if redemption in the eyes of the Empire is worth it, and if her loyalty to it even remains...
Myrtle was once a simple factory worker, but no longer. When her partner vanishes in the dead of night, she entreats the Empire's knights to investigate...and instead finds herself a pawn in a dangerous game played by twin siblings of a House cannibalizing itself.
Sorrel was once a savior. Blessed with the powers of the Eidolons, she was the world's last hope against an empire set on destruction. But when the empire turned her powers against her, she perished. At least, she thought she had.
SUMMARY
A woman lost in time. A knight longing for home. A peasant fighting for her life. A savior entombed in stone.
Once, the surface world flourished. Eidolonsβmassive, god-like beingsβanointed a select few to enact Their will and were in turn worshipped for Their impossible magic. Then came the Empire with contraptions of fire and iron, intent on devouring all. And though a savior was chosen to prevent their onslaught, she was not enough. The surface was left in ruins, the Empire taking to the sky with imprisoned Eidolons in tow.
Centuries later, a world split in two tightens its bonds once again. After a chance encounter spirals the lives of four women irreparably out of control, it's up to them to stay the hand of a god-slaying empire. Otherwise, the world's careful stasis will crumpleβfor good.
Details of this post subject to change as the drafts continue.
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because itβs a puzzle no one else will ever arrange the same way as you.
because there are ideas that simply wonβt come to you until you write down the wrong words.
because all the bad scenes are the bones of the wonderful scenes.
because someone will love it: someone will read it once, and twice, and thrice; someone will ramble to you about the complexity of it; someone will doodle your characters out of love; someone will find it in exactly what they were looking for with or without knowing it.
because they have things to say, your characters. theyβve told you all those secrets and they have more to tell you, if you will listen.
because you love it even when you donβt; even when it drives you mad or when it accidentally turns into apathy; even when you think youβre doing it all wrong; you love it, and it loves you back.
because you can get a treasure even from things that go wrong; because if a story crumbles down you can build a shinier one on the same spot; because you wonβt know where it will take you until it takes you there.
when talking about young people in the united states being less supportive of capitalism and israel, do keep in mind that this development is not in fact creating principled marxists, but nick fuentes variety fascists. it will cause a split in the republican party specifically only if zoomers start voting
dissatisfaction with the system at hand doesn't automatically lead you in the right direction, there are a lot of other preexisting biases to navigate
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Reject the idea that there is such a thing as high art and low art!!! Read smut! Write horror! Watch low budget shorts! Listen to a local garage band!!!
Behold! My secret agenda behind this post: reject the idea that you shouldn't spend six american dollars on my sexy romp of a debut novel because it impacts you about to about the same degree as buying a fancy latte but impacts me in a HUGE way, what a delightful trade off !!
are people talking about the labor conditions at Taylor Farms yet? like the fact they use enslaved prisoners in their facilities?
are we drawing the connection between worker safety and consumer safety & public health yet?
are people demanding to see the conditions in this place that keeps making us sick? why are the enslaved workers not having the time to use the bathroom or to rest when ill? very few people would shit in front of their coworkers given any choice at all.
here is every mention of the companies/products mentioned in the mpr article
Name the chains! At this point in the article it seems like contracting with prisons is the default for meat plants βΉ
was it Hillary Clinton who lived in a mansion staffed by prison slaves? somebody please tell me which politician was called out
slavery is so deeply baked the meat and dairy industry & our food chain in general. the scale of it all is baffling. animal agriculture gets billions & billions of taxpayer subsidies while the labor is fucking free. never eat meat in this fuckin country i guess. honestly just never eat
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Migraine sufferers will be like "it's not like I'm disabled or anything, it's just that if I do any of these normal everyday things other people do all the time, my head explodes. But I'm fine honestly, as long as I avoid doing anything ever and my environment and the weather never changes, then my head explodes a little less"
Roman ring made of quartz and gold with hologram effect, found at the Grottaferrata necropolis in the grave of Aebutia Quarta, a 1st century CE noblewoman, and thought to depict her son, Titus Carvilius Gemello.
I think it's actually essential to children's moral development to be exposed to short stories moderately beyond their reading level where a bunch of fucked up shit happens and then instead of offering a moral lesson or any sort of emotional or narrative resolution it just ends.
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one of the reasons ive always emphasized flesh mages as Flesh Mages and not, say, healers, is because of shit like this:
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"what the fuck did he do?" you may ask. well its quite simple really. he gave his wounds to someone else. basically the opposite of what flesh magic is usually used for, which is shouldering some of the pain and accelerating the healing of someone else.
"doesnt flesh magic hurt a lot though? how is he lucid enough for that???" he cant feel pain. next question
(i actually cant think of another question its. 3am. yet again)
(my sleep schedule is never fixing itself at this rate)
